Idris declares the Apex Boys have now been reborn as the Apex mafia
He looks at Jackson.
IDRIS: Jackson! Iâm leaving things here to you.
JACKSON: No wahala. Mike Tyson, make we show these boys shege.
MIKE TYSON: Oya na.
GABRIEL: Abdul! Chidi! Bolaji! I brought you guys here for a reason. Three of you are known to be excellent brawlers who hardly ever lose a fight.
He cracks his knuckles.
GABRIEL: Well then, show me what youâve got. Emerge victorious in this little scuffle and I shall reward you handsomely.
GABRIEL: Black One!
BLACK ONE: Boss!
GABRIEL: Letâs show these boys why they shouldnât mess with the Eagle Wings.
Gabriel takes off his coat, revealing a tight black sleeveless undershirt that shows off his muscular body.
ABDUL: Shey you hear wetin boss Gabriel talk?
BOLAJI: If we win, we get rewarded.
CHIDI: Then letâs go na. Soldier boys, wetin una dey wait for? Abi una dey fear? Come now, make we fight!
There is dead silence for a moment as the boys prepare for battle.
The boys from the opposing factions line up face-to-face.
Suddenlyâ
CHAOS.
The boys begin exchanging fists.
Gabriel takes on five boys at once and makes quick work of them.
A sniper fires at Gabriel.
Gabriel senses the incoming projectile and catches it barehanded with impressive reaction speed.
He hurls the stone back in the direction it came from with frightening accuracy, knocking the sniper out.
Meanwhile, Bolaji, Abdul and Chidi face off against three of the military boys.
They are almost evenly matched.
After a difficult struggle, the three boys defeat their opponents and proceed to take out the remaining snipers.
The Eagle Wings seem to have the upper hand.
But Idris, who has been spectating from a distance, remains calm, as though he still has an ace up his sleeve.
He looks at his watch.
He smiles.
IDRIS: They should be here right about now.
The warehouse doors suddenly open.
More men clad in military attire burst in.
Unlike the other military boys, these men are fully geared and armed with military-grade weaponsâpaintball guns used during training.
Leading the boys is a boy named Fatso, who is holding a large piece of chicken.
FATSO: Ha fa, boss.
He takes a bite of chicken.
IDRIS: Right on time.
FATSO: How you see the entrance?
IDRIS: Perfect.
FATSO: You gerrit, comrade.
He turns toward his men.
FATSO: Oya boys, make we show these Eagle Wings boys shege!
The military boys open fire on the Eagle Wings.
Gabriel and Black One manage to take out six of them each, but their numbers and weapons prove too much even for the strongest boys in town.
The Eagle Wings are completely overwhelmed by the onslaught and are on the brink of defeat when suddenlyâ
WEEEE-OOOOO!
They hear sirens screaming outside.
A female voice comes through a microphone.
BIG MAMA: This is the NMA! Come out with your hands in the air! Any form of resistance will be met with deadly force!
She hands the microphone to one of the women and takes a big bite of her chicken.
She then picks up her weapons:
A mortar and pestle.
The mortar serves as her shield.
The pestle is her weapon.
IDRIS: The NMA? Impossible.
GABRIEL: How did the NMA find out?
CHIDI: Omo, guys, me I go japa o. If them catch me, e go reach my mama, and she go chop my papa.
Chidi tries to tiptoe out through the back exit.
But Big Mama notices him.
She fires a warning shot with her slipper.
The slipper flies through the air and lands directly in front of Chidi, sticking to the wall from the sheer force with which it was thrown.
BIG MAMA: Hey! Young man! Where do you think youâre going?
She walks toward him and stares at his face for a moment.
BIG MAMA: Rita! No be the boy be this?
RITA: Heâs the one.
BIG MAMA: So you be the commanderâs pikin and you come dey looseguard like this? You dey ment? Wetin dey do you sef?
GABRIEL: What? Youâre the commanderâs son?
IDRIS: So thatâs how the NMA found out. Gabriel, how could you be so careless?
CHIDI: No, itâs not like that⌠I didnât know.
Fatso tries to use the commotion to escape.
But once again, Big Mama notices him.
She stops him the same way she stopped Chidi.
BIG MAMA: David!
Fatso freezes.
FATSO: Mummy.
BIG MAMA: I will deal with you today.
It turns out that Fatso, whose real name is David, is Big Mamaâs son.
Big Mama unleashes her slippers on Fatso, while the others try to use the distraction to escape.
The women take aim and fire their slippers at the fleeing boys.
One by one, the boys are captured and handed over to their mothers, who deal with them appropriately.
Na Chidi collect pass.
Of course, Ngozi, Shade and Khalid watch and laugh as their brothers are punished.
The battle is over.
The Apex Mafia has fallen.
The Eagle Wings have been defeated.
And the NMA has once again restored order.
At least until the next school break.
MORALS OF THE STORY
- Always check to make sure your sister isnât eavesdropping on your conversations.
- You no smart pass your mama.
- The pen is mightier than the sword.
- The compass is mightier than the pen.
- But the slippers are mightier than them all.
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